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Come, shepherd, let us make an honorable retreat; though not with
bag and baggage, yet with scrip and crippage.
Come, shepherd, let us make an honorable retreat; though not with
bag and baggage, yet with scrip and crippage.
How well I feathered by nest.
How well I feathered by nest.
Praise a hill, but keepe below.
Praise a hill, but keepe below.
Fair ladies mask'd are roses in their bud.
Fair ladies mask'd are roses in their bud.
The evening praises the day, and the morning a frost.
The evening praises the day, and the morning a frost.
No greater grief than to remember days
Of joy when misery is at hand.
No greater grief than to remember days
Of joy when misery is at hand.
The heart-sick faintness of the hope delayed!
The heart-sick faintness of the hope delayed!
It is a wretched thing to rest upon the fame of others, lest, the
supporting pillar being removed, the read more
It is a wretched thing to rest upon the fame of others, lest, the
supporting pillar being removed, the superstructure should
collapse in ruin.
